The Table Tennis cohort had its first round of Saturday sport today. \u00a0The first weekend fixtures of the term saw dozens of boys taking to the tables within the confines of the Concordia Centre. \u00a0Players were organised<\/p>\n
into two groups. \u00a0These groups were put together based on ability, with better players placed in Group 1.<\/p>\n
The groups played at different times, Group 1 starting at 8:30am and Group 2 starting at<\/p>\n
10:30. \u00a0This was due to a shortage of available tables, as well as a general lack of room within the building. \u00a0The fixture times also meant that for some, Saturday sport took up almost half the day, with Group 2 finishing at 12pm.<\/p>\n
Despite it being a Saturday, players busied themselves with exercises and drills normally<\/p>\n
practiced during the weekday training sessions. \u00a0\u201cA lot of us aren\u2019t really up to that professional standard yet\u201d, one participant commented. \u00a0\u201cWe need a lot of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the summer sports season officially started in the middle of Term 3, there had not<\/p>\n
been any Saturday fixtures for the Table Tennis squad. \u00a0The formal reason given was that, with the constant interruptions of the GPS Athletics Carnival and the one week\u2019s break in between the winter and summer seasons, there was no purpose in organising Saturday<\/p>\n
sport.<\/p>\n
Other sports, including Rowing and Summer Tennis, began posting Saturday AAGPS Fixtures as<\/p>\n
soon as the summer season started.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis kinda proves we\u2019re a bludge sport\u201d, one player quipped.<\/p>\n
In spite of the fact that Saturday sport is meant to be competitive and to challenge Newington<\/p>\n
students, players were competing internally and against table tennis machines. \u00a0The table tennis leadership is giving no indication that fixtures against other schools will be organised any time soon.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the College\u2019s table tennis cohort are warming up, waiting for their chance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Rowing Shortened as Winds Pick up<\/h2>\n
By Christos Fotopoulos<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n This weekend was the first week of sport for the GPS schools and most played their first competitive matches except for rowing, who had just normal training. The weather on saturday morning was very overcast, with high chances of rain and high wind speeds, but this didn’t really affect any sports apart from rowing.<\/p>\n When the rowers arrived at the shed that morning, they were wondering whether training would still be on as the water looked rough but after a talk from the head of rowing, the boys were ready to get on the water.<\/p>\n When the boys were on the water, however, their initial doubt came back as the rowing was very tough due to the combined wind and rain. Nevertheless, the boys were able to row all the way from the Newington boatshed to Silverwater Bridge and back, making their total journey close to twenty kilometres long.<\/p>\n When the boys made it back to the boatshed they brought the boats back in and were given a break to eat some food and regain their energy for the next session.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When the boys came back down to the pontoon, they were told that they weren’t going for another row but instead going for a run to a nearby park and back and then returning for a session to work on their core strength. This meant that because the boys weren’t going back on the water, the session would finish an hour early, something the boys were pretty happy about. After the run, which went for about half an hour and the core session which also went for the same amount of time, the boys were dismissed and were able to go home and have a warm shower after their rough morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n By Arley Kekic<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n After a gruelling yet life-changing camp for both Newington Cadets and Newington Challenge, the boys returned to school with a surprise. This surprise was that there are only 2 more outdoor activity sessions left this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This means that the boys, in the last few weeks of school, will be able to go home at 2:30 on a Friday Week A, this leaves more time for boys to study for exams which are only a few weeks away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It isn\u2019t only the Year 9 boys are excited about the ending of the outdoor education activities for the year, also the Year 11 leaders are counting down the days until it ends, with one of the leaders saying, \u2018You\u2019d be crazy if you think I\u2019d prefer to manage these Year 9\u2019s rather than study for my looming end of years.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Year 10 boys, who have not chosen to partake in leadership roles in Years 11 and 12 are going to finish their outdoor education course at Newington College as their last activity is on this Friday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The others will be preparing for next year when they will be supervising the Year 9 boys through what they have already experienced. The boys that are continuing their journey through the Newington outdoor education course have been reportedly excited to finally have a leadership role in Newington College, with one boy in Year 10 saying, \u2018it has been one of my goals at Newington college to become a Challenge leader.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Asher Baykitch<\/p>\n On Saturday the 14th<\/sup> of October, the GPS summer sport season finally began after a long winter sport period. One of the standout games of the first week back was the scrimmage game between the 16I\u2019s, J\u2019s and K\u2019s outside in the spaceframe<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The boys began with some warm up layups and jump shots as per usual and then got stuck into a 5 on 5 match.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A standout performance was shown by point guard Nic Serone. He truly showed his ability to run the point with pinpoint passing recording 7 assists and also skill down low in the post with 4 layups and 1 jump-shot recording 10 points in total. Serone\u2019s defensive game was on show with a block and constant high standard defensive transition.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was good to finally get out there and have a run around. Hopefully next week we can get a proper game next week\u201d Serone said post-game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Black team lead by Mr Green truly showed grit and determination to get the win and it payed off with a 10-point difference at the end of the game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For some boys, it was a struggle to get through the game not knowing the rules and not knowing how to form up on free throws but with some help from the coaches, referee and myself, they managed to get by as the game went on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Final Score: 33-23<\/p>\n Black Team Stats:<\/p>\n Leading Points: Nic Serone: 10<\/p>\n Leading Assists: Nic Serone: 7<\/p>\n Leading Rebounds: Alex McEvoy: 10<\/p>\n White Team Stats:<\/p>\n Leading Points: Nick Kambos: 9<\/p>\n Leading Assists: Cameron Ma: 4<\/p>\n Leading Rebounds: Ben Clarke: 8<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Overall all the boys had a good game and it was a good way to prepare for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daniel Bordina<\/p>\n 12-10-17<\/p>\n Only yesterday, Newington College ran another set of lockdown and evacuation drills, and it can be said, it wasn\u2019t a complete success.<\/p>\n There have been reports that some classrooms in many parts of the school (including the lecture theatre) did not hear either the lockdown alarm or the evacuation alarm. A student from the class in the lecture theatre stated, \u2018We didn\u2019t hear anything. We were waiting for the announcement.\u2019<\/p>\n This is a major issue because if this were a real lockdown or evacuation they would be left unknowing of their impending doom. Another major problem was the visibility of the classrooms from outside.<\/p>\n Modern classrooms have been slowly transitioning into a more and more visible environment. Many students have complained that if there was an actual lockdown they would be dangerously visible from outside of the classroom. A clear example was the classroom that Mr Robert\u2019s Making the News class was occupying; N3. The room has three sides of the room covered in glass. This means that there is no spot in which a person could not see someone. Many students are really questioning whether the school is equipped for lockdown.<\/p>\n The day was then took another dive as the announcement was not played over the PA marking the end of the lockdown drill. The alarm for the evacuation then played and 1000 students filed out onto the damp Johnson oval as small pockets of rain passed over, becoming heavier towards the end of the drill. This drill has led students and staff to really question whether Newington College is equipped to deal with a full lockdown of the school.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see what measures are put in place to make Newington ready if an event transpires.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Correspondent Edward Dam<\/p>\n Today at approximately 9:40am, the school was alerted to the sounds \u201cIt\u2019s really great that we have drills like this\u201d, one student And an assailant shot dead his former thesis adviser in his office However, some students were not as pleased with the drills. An official educational video made by Ohio State University about Other students pointed out the various flaws in the school\u2019s lockdown Another pupil criticised the drill\u2019s timing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n By Christos Fotopoulos<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>It\u2019s that time of year again where most of the students in year twelve all over the country take the series of tests known as the High School Certificate (HSC). the test is a very big deal for the seniors of the schools as it ultimately determines what university they are able to attend after high school and after that, what job they choose to pursue. Knowing all of this, it\u2019s logical to think that the year twelves would be stressing, but if they were this morning, they certainly weren’t showing it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the year twelves were waiting to be called into centenary hall to take the first of the HSC exams, English, this morning, they seemed to not be stressed at all but were instead talking to each other and patiently sitting outside on the benches. There were minimal signs of any kind of last-minute study taking place, with almost none of the students even having their notes on them in the first place. This seems almost unreal as the general feeling of exams are usually very stressed and panicked but the atmosphere outside centenary hall this morning was nothing like that in the slightest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This amazing amount of self control and peacefulness shown by the year twelves is truly outstanding, but it does beg the question; why weren’t they stressed in the first place? This could possibly be because they know they’ve already done all they could have done to prepare for the exam and therefore there isn’t any point in stressing about it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The year twelve students completed their English component of the HSC today, with their next major test following the next week, which is Mathematics. All of the exams in the High School Certificate will officially finish on Tuesday 7th November.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Correspondent Luke Mesterovic<\/p>\n You may not have known, but last Thursday night, Newington officially selected a student body president. In this completely improvised comedy show, students, teachers and even old boys came together in hope of being voted in as this year\u2019s student body president. Each contestant was assigned a zany character and then shoved on stage in front of a paying audience and a slideshow that they had never seen before. They then had to justify whatever came up on screen, and link it back to why they should get voted in.<\/p>\n The night began with Nick Fitzsimmons madly ushering the audience into their seats with a pint- sized horn, wearing a hi-vis vest, police cap, and of course, stunning aviators. The show then began, with the first nominee being old boy Elliot Ulm as the mystical and wacky magician Alfonzo. After that was Year 10 impro veteran Finn Hoegh \u2013 Guldberg as Jaiiden, a moody teen on the brink of going to juvenile detention. He discussed his views on how he\u2019ll start a ruthless bullying regime because students are getting \u2018too soft\u2019. This is primarily due to their addiction to fidget spinners, apparently. Up next was one of the best acts of the show, Mr Verco as Mitchell \u2018lives in a ditch\u2019 Ditchell, a perfect personification of the Australian outback stereotype. Then there was Lachlan McIntyre, who played a pompous father who was so displeased with his son\u2019s speech that he rewrote and ran for SBP himself. The already hilarious performance was made even better when he called down his son, Dominic Young, Year 10, where the two had a deep reconciliation before dancing together. After that was Year 10 impro legend Phil Langshaw, who starred as a cheery, yet somewhat creepy, leader of a cult with intentions of world domination. Following that was Mr Craddock, who played a nervous dork who wanted to give the \u2018losers\u2019 a voice. And finally, what I consider to be the best entry, Old Boy Reuben Ward as a slimy rugby coach who, after losing the GPS, decided to run for SBP, under the promise that he would abolish all future elections so that he could remain in power until the rugby players upped their game and won the championships.<\/p>\n In the end, there could be only one winner, and that was Mr Craddock, who, to the audience\u2019s delight, got to put a mushroom hat on Simon James\u2019 head.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to Edition 4, Term 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insites.newington.nsw.edu.au\/year9-making-the-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The last weeks of Newington Outdoor Education<\/h2>\n
Newington Basketball 16 ‘s scrimmage game match report<\/h2>\n
Are we really equipped<\/h2>\n
Pupils have Mixed Opinions after Lockdown Drill<\/h2>\n
\n of \u201cPlease be advised that the canteen is now closed\u201d. However, there were no terrorists stalking the school grounds. The lockdown alarm was a drill, set to test the College\u2019s response to any threat posed to students and staff.<\/p>\n
\n commented. \u201cWhen you look at Sandy Hook, when you look at UCLA, you stop and wonder whether something like that will happen here\u201d.
\n 20 schoolchildren and 6 staff members were killed in 2012 by a
\n gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut.<\/p>\n
\n before killing himself last year at the University of California, Los Angeles.
\n Other students agreed. \u201cTerrorism is really big nowadays, and
\n you have to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou are supposed to run, and then hide, and then fight\u201d, said
\n a disgruntled student. \u201cWe\u2019ve got it the wrong way around.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n active shooters recommends that students \u201cquickly and safely evacuate the area\u201d, and that hiding should only be if \u201cyou\u2019re unable to get out\u201d.
\n Nevertheless, the video does stress the importance when hiding
\n to \u201cturn off lights and silence your cell phone\u201d, actions practised and reinforced during the lockdown drill.
\n \u201cThe idea is to make it as hard as possible for the shooter to
\n see you, find you or get to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n system.
\n \u201c\u2018Please take the appropriate action\u2019. That\u2019s very inconspicuous,
\n isn\u2019t it?\u201d, said a student, referencing the infamous \u201cPlease be advised that the canteen is now closed\u201d announcement.
\n \u201cThe shooter definitely wouldn\u2019t know something was up!\u201d<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI like Making the News. Why couldn\u2019t it happen during Maths?\u201d,
\n he said.<\/p>\nHSC Arrives, Year 12 Not Fussed<\/h2>\n
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